Bloc Party's "Flux" hits the web

By Jeremy Goldmeier at 3:53 PM on October 5, 2007

Shouldn't it be like this more often? Band comes up with new song, tests it on the road a few times, and then leaks the tune digitally well before it debuts as a radio single? Maybe fans could even name their own price for an mp3! Well, okay, Bloc Party didn't take things that far. But the band certainly isn't shying away from the fact that its new song, "Flux," has started to spread all over the Web well before its intended release date on Nov. 12 via Wichita Records. The group's website has been directing online media outlets to...  read more

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Bloc Party talks touring, crisps

By Kasia Galazka at 9:41 AM on September 6, 2007

Fresh off a three-continent stint, Bloc Party is about to embark on its ninth U.S. tour, this time with Deerhoof and Smoosh as support. We shot drummer Matt Tong an e-mail from sunny Atlanta with some mild trepidation that we’d bring to mind some bad memories. After all, his lung collapsed here last November, and the band had to cut its winter tour short. Since then, Bloc Party has played LiveEarth and several fests in London—including the Reading Festival—in support of the February release A Weekend in the City. The band kicks off its next series of U.S dates tomorrow...  read more

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Rip it up and start again

By Amanda Petrusich at 4:45 PM on February 7, 2007

Bloc Party confronts a classic sophomore conundrum...  read more

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Bloc Party to Tour U.S.

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on January 11, 2007

Matt Tong is all better and Bloc Party is coming back to the U.S. The new tour starts March 11th in Seattle. To America’s disappointment, they had to cancel their November/December tour with Panic! At the Disco when their drummer suffered a collapsed lung before a show in Atlanta. This time around, they’ll be headlining and playing all new music from their sophomore album, A Weekend in the City, due out on February 6th. According to the band, Weekend is inspired by singer Kele Okereke's interest in "the living noise of a metropolis." Some indie retailers will be giving...  read more

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Bloc Party's Second Full-Length Set For Release

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on October 26, 2006

Bloc Party’s second full-length album, A Weekend in the City , is set for release on Vice Records February 6 of next year. The band’s debut, Silent Alarm , was critically hailed, putting the band into the global spotlight. Afterwards, it went on to play hundreds of sold-out shows in support of the record. Weekend in the City addresses the postmodern angst that accompanies life in a booming metropolis – the currents of traffic, lines of people, quiet moments of peace, and everything in between. Produced by Jackknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol), and recorded in Dublin, Ireland, the album is...  read more

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Bloc Party remix album coming out this fall

By Paste Staff at 12:00 AM on August 10, 2005

Banking on the success of its full-length debut, Silent Alarm, Bloc Party will release a remix of the disc on Sep. 13 on Vice Records. Appropriately titled Silent Alarm Remixed, the album will come with a limited edition bonus disc including b-sides that were previously unavailable in the U.S. Track list: 1. Like Eating Glass (Ladytron Zapatista Mix) 2. Helicopter (Whitey Version) 3. Positive Tension (Jason Clark of Pretty Girls Make Graves remix) 4. Banquet (Phones Disco Edit) 5. Blue Light (Engineers ‘Anti-Gravity’ mix) 6. She’s Hearing Voices (Erol Alkan’s Calling Your Dub) 7. This Modern Love (Dave P. and...  read more

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